REBEL 3 (2018) The third entry of the REBEL series by Elton Burgest. This series started as a deconstruction of the word as it applied to the Rebels of the Confederacy. Burgest felt the true Rebels were the slaves. The “REBEL” seen on the shirt is of Gordon ( fl. 1863), or "Whipped Peter", he was an escaped Slave who became known as the subject of photographs documenting the extensive scarring of his back from whippings received in slavery. After escaping He became an abolitionist and soldier in the Civil War. The Rebel series is Burgest’s way of co-opting the Term and giving it to those who he felt match more of the description.